Following yesterday’s announcement that Amazon Studios had acquired Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat sequel, a new teaser trailer has been released for the project. Set for a late October premiere, you can check out the teaser, posted from the Republic of Kazakhstan Twitter account, below!
Congratulation to great friend of the Kazakh people @realDonaldTrump for winning debate today! Impressive and amazing result for a strong premier who always put America and Kazakhstan first! pic.twitter.com/qLljQ8b5UU
— Republic of Kazakhstan (@KazakhstanGovt) September 30, 2020
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Though plot details are currently being kept under wraps, the sequel of the 2006 film Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan will reportedly follow the Kazakh journalist as he goes undercover to interview people after getting recognition following the release of the original film.
Baron Cohen kept the production of the film way below the radar, hoping to have the film ready in time to release before Election Day to help suade American audiences to properly vote in the forthcoming Presidential election, only to see word leak shortly after it wrapped that CAA Media Finance had screened it for possible distributors in search of a deal. With original studio, Fox Searchlight Pictures, being absorbed by Disney in the studio merger and theatrical releases still not entirely viable with the pandemic still underway, the 48-year-old writer/star and Amazon Studios elected to release it on Amazon Prime to reach a wide audience and get the message out in time for voting with its October 23 bow.
Pick up a copy of the film here!
In Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, Sacha Baron Cohen – star of HBO’s hit comedy “Da Ali G Show,” takes his outrageous Kazakhstani reporter character Borat to the big screen. In this hilariously offensive movie, Borat travels from his primitive home in Kazakhstan to the U.S. to make a documentary. On his cross-country road-trip, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences.
The film also featured Ken Davitan as the producer Azamat Bagatov, Luenell as Luenell the prostitute, and Pamela Anderson as herself along with politicians Alan Keyes and Bob Barr.
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Borat was directed by Larry Charles from a script written by Cohen, Anthony Capobianco, Peter Baynham and Dan Mazer based on a story by Cohen, Baynham, Anthony Hines and Todd Phillips. The film was produced by Cohen and Jay Roach.
Since its release in 2006, the film earned positive reviews from critics and was also a box office hit with a worldwide gross of more than $260 million. It also earned numerous nods including: 2 Golden Globe nominations with Cohen winning the Best Actor in a Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy Award; and an Oscar nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay.
